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Can KPOP Demon Hunters Escape Their Fate?

Film Theory

Film Theory

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

KPOP Demon Hunters is one of the BIGGEST movies in the world and I already have an idea of where the sequel may be headed. There’s going to be romance, family drama, and one of them might not be making it out alive. Now, how do I know this? Join Lee for today's episode to find out!

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0:00.0

McDonald's wraps all flavor, no mess.

0:02.9

No drips on your drip or grease on your shirt.

0:24.4

No crumbs on your keyboard or sauce on your dashboard. Just all the flavor of sweet chili chicken, barbecue and bacon chicken and new teakia chicken. Rapped up neat. Served after 11 a.m. Teaka chicken wrap available until the 13th July 26. Fees applied to delivery orders subject to availability. K--pop demon hunters might be the biggest movie in the world this year, but I already know how the sequels are going to end. There's going to be romance, family drama, and one of

0:29.1

these demon hunters might not be making it out alive. And how do I know that? Jimmy Hendrix,

0:34.1

a seven-year curse, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yeah, this one's gonna get wild friends.

0:41.3

Hello internet, welcome to film theory, the show that's getting its fit check for its Nate Palme era.

0:46.3

Okay, but seriously though, I can't help it screen that line every time how it's done comes on.

0:50.3

So, have you guys heard of K-pop demon Hunters? If not, honestly, that is impressive.

0:56.2

This movie, created and directed by Maggie Kang, came out of nowhere and absolutely became

1:01.3

one of the biggest films of the whole year. Like, seriously, since it dropped in June,

1:06.1

it's become Netflix's most popular film ever. Its music has gone platinum, a huge accomplishment in this day and age.

1:12.7

And you can't go two swipes on the internet without getting hit with some new meme,

1:16.5

cosplay or clip of the movie hitting your feed.

1:19.1

I am not sitting with no Sajab.

1:22.1

And like, seriously, last time all the theorists hoped were together, we couldn't stop doing that stupid addictive soda pop dance either.

1:28.8

Wow, it is catchy.

1:30.2

If you did somehow miss this one, K-pop Demon Hunters is exactly what it says on the 10.

1:35.3

We follow the adventures of the K-pop group Huntrix.

1:38.1

Rumi, Zoe, and Mira as they navigate their lives as worldwide megastars while moonlighting as demon hunters.

1:45.1

In fact, they're the latest in a long line of demon hunters who use music to maintain the Han Moon, or the

1:50.2

barrier between the human and the demon worlds. But the twist here? The lead singer Rumi

1:55.0

is more than meets the eye. Unbeknownst to her bandmates, she's also part demon.

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